Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bičь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic edit

Etymology edit

Analysable as *bìti (“to beat”) +‎ *-čь.

Noun edit

*bičь m

whip

Inflection edit

Declension of *bičь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bičь	*biča	*biči
genitive	*biča	*biču	*bičь
dative	*biču	*bičema	*bičemъ
accusative	*bičь	*biča	*bičę̇
instrumental	bičьmь, bičemь^*	*bičema	*biči
locative	*biči	*biču	*bičixъ
vocative	*biču	*biča	*biči

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бичь (bičĭ)
  - Belarusian: біч (bič)
  - Russian: бич (bič)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: бич (byč)
  - Ukrainian: бич (byč)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: бичь (bičĭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰱⰻⱍⱐ (bičĭ)
- Bulgarian: бич (bič)
- Macedonian: бич (bič)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: би̏ч
  
  Latin script: bȉč
- Slovene: bìč
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: bič
  - Czech: bič
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): bjič
- Kashubian: bicz
- Old Polish: bicz
  - Polish: bicz
- Kashubian: bicz
- Slovak: bič
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: bič
  - Lower Sorbian: bic

Non-Slavic:
→ German: Peitsche
- → Danish: pisk
  - Norwegian Bokmål: pisk
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: pisk
- → Polish: pejcz
- → Swedish: piska
→ Romanian: bici